Improvements in button-fastenings



N. B. SMITH} Button-Fastenings.

N0..136,556. PatentedMarch4,1873.

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NELSON B. SMITH, OF NEW YORK, N. Y., ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF AND ED- WARDSMITH, OF NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENTS IN BUTTON-FAST ENINGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 136,556, dated March 4,1873.

To all whom it may concern: I

Be it known that I, NELsoN B. SMITH, of

' the city, county, and State of New York, have ing composed of ametaldisk or plate having an attached hook punched out of it to receive theeye of the button, after which the hook is closed to retain the button.This fastening will befound very useful for securing buttons to bootsand shoes or gaiters, as also for other purposes, and is not only cheapbut easily applied and especially strong or secure.

In the accompanying drawing, Figure 1 represents a face view of the diskof which the fasteningis composed, showing the shape ofthe cut in saiddisk to form the hook; Fig. 2, a similar view, showing the cut orpunched portion in the shape it assumes as an attached hook, ready toreceive the eye of the button; and Fig. 3, a view in perspective of abutton as secured by the fastening to a piece of cloth, leather, orother material.

A is a metal plate or disk having cut, stamped, or punched facially outof it an attached hook, B, which is left sufficiently open at itsdetached end I) to pass through the eye 01 of the button D after saidhook has been projected through a slit, 6, in the cloth or material E towhich it is proposed to apply the fastening. The free or open end b ofthe hook is then closed by pressure brought to bear upon it in anysuitable manner, leaving the disk A on the one side of the material, andthe button pendent on the other sidethereof, free from any possibilityof detachment. The width of the metal composing the sides of the hook isgreater than its thickness, thus, giving the greatest strength Where itis most required, to prevent any pull of the button upon the hookopening or changing the shape of the latter, the eye of the buttonhaving its bearin g on the edge of the hook.

What is here claimed, and desired to be secured by Letters Patent, is-

The metal disk or plate A, having an attached hook, B, cut, punched, orstamped facially out of it, for reception of the eye or shank of thebutton over the open end I) of the hook, substantially as shown anddescribed.

NELSON B. SMITH.

Witnesses:

IVIICHAEL RYAN, FRED. HAYNES.

